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What’s your Chinese Astrological Animal?

Posted by on Jan 30, 2013 in Animals, Chinese Astrology, Compass Feng Shui, Feng Shui New Year, Your Life | Comments Off on What’s your Chinese Astrological Animal?

What’s Your Chinese Astrological Animal?

Ann Bingley Gallops
Open Spaces Feng Shui

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You probably know your sign in Western astrology (I’m a Sagittarius), but do you know which is your Chinese Zodiac sign?The Chinese Zodiac uses your birth year to determine your primary astrological animal. Over the course of a 12 year-cycle, each year is represented by one of the animals the Buddha called to himself before he died, in the order in which they showed up.

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Delving into 2012 – The Year of the Water Dragon

Delving into 2012 – The Year of the Water Dragon

Posted by on Jan 16, 2012 in Chinese Astrology, Terah | Comments Off on Delving into 2012 – The Year of the Water Dragon

Water Dragon by Terah Kathryn Collins

According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the Water Dragon arrives on January 23rd bringing the Feng Shui principle “Everything is always changing” into full play. Although the Dragon’s natural element is Wood, 2012 is associated with the Water element, making this the Year of the Water Dragon.

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Year of the Rabbit

Posted by on Feb 4, 2011 in Animals, Chinese Astrology, Terah, Your Life | 2 comments

Happy Chinese New Year, 2011!

This year, the Chinese New Year begins on February 3rd. After the dramatic Metal Tiger year of 2010, you may feel relieved to know that 2011 ushers in the sweeter and more tranquil energy of the Metal Rabbit. Phew!

The element of Metal associated with 2010 and 2011 brings clarity in a variety of forms. The clarity that was forged during the Metal Tiger’s reign may seem to have clear-cut your life with one or more big changes. Blessedly, this year offers a more artistic and introspective clarity, here to soothe the places where the axe fell hard last year.

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2011-Year of the Metal Rabbit

Posted by on Jan 14, 2011 in Animals, Chinese Astrology, Feng Shui New Year | 3 comments

— Contributed by Karen Carrasco, Instructor at the Western School of Feng Shui Beginning on February 3rd, 2011, we enter the Chinese year of the Metal Hare or Rabbit.   We can all feel the new energies upon us, so let’s take a look…

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Cultivating The Heart in the Year of the Tiger

Posted by on Feb 16, 2010 in Chinese Astrology, Feng Shui New Year | Comments Off on Cultivating The Heart in the Year of the Tiger

 

Cultivating The Heart

in the Year of the Tiger

 


 
You may already be sensing the approach of the Year of the Tiger due to arrive on Valentine’s Day, February 14th, 2010. Such an auspicious entrance speaks of the Tiger’s fierce allegiance to the heart.  Like the heart, the essence of the Tiger is ever-optimistic, passionate, and generous.  This year, while the Tiger’s natal Wood element stimulates our hearts to blossom and grow with wild abandon, 2010’s Metal element insists on controlling our flowering desires. The dynamic expand-contract relationship between the Wood Tiger and the Metal 2010, influences how we handle our hearts’ emerging passions.  If we apply too much control, we could stifle our new growth.  If we can lovingly cultivate the gifts of such blossoming, we’ll enrich and enhance our lives. 

 
When you have a few quiet moments, consider connecting with the Tiger’s essence. Imagine strolling through a magnificent nature sanctuary and seeing a tiger cross the path in front of you. She pauses, looks straight into your eyes, and disappears into the woods. You follow her and soon arrive at a crystalline pool of water. She lounges on the other side of the pool and you know she has guided you there. You feel the strength of her presence as you gaze into the pool and realize you are looking into your own heart. You watch as a message arises from the depths and spreads out across the surface of the water…. 

 
May the Tiger reveal the passions that grow in your heart and 2010 shape them with beauty and grace. 

 
With Love and Every Blessing,
Terah Kathryn Collins

 

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Year of the Earth Ox

Year of the Earth Ox

Posted by on Jan 26, 2009 in Chinese Astrology, Feng Shui New Year, Terah | 1 comment

Depending on whether we track the Moon or the Sun, the year of the Earth Ox begins either January 26th or February 4th, 2009. As the Ox heads our way, we may be feeling certain inclinations that seem – well – different than what we’re used to. This Ox comes bearing the sweet elixir of the earth element – the antidote to life in the fast lane.

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